How did capitalism actually begin? Part 2 of Capitalism Examined traces four major phases, from merchant trade and colonization to enclosure, industrialization, and modern finance, showing how land, labor, and wealth were transformed over roughly 500 years.

Is capitalism simply human nature? Part 1 of Capitalism Examined looks at 300,000 years of human history, anthropology, behavioral economics, and human cooperation to question one of our most familiar assumptions about how economies and people work.